Rivada CEO Declan Ganley: ‘Now People are Listening’ and Want Optionality in Connectivity

There’s a growing recognition that governments and large enterprises need alternative paths of connectivity, Rivada Space Networks CEO Declan Ganley says. In a recent conversation with Via Satellite, Ganley says Rivada’s “time has come” as recent undersea cable attacks in the Baltic Sea and off the coast of Taiwan highlight the need for data sovereignty and data resiliency.

“Sophisticated people now realize that the whole world is dependent upon approximately 500 subsea cables and everybody knows where they are. All you need to do to break them is drag an anchor off of any ship,” Ganley says. “That has been a useful spotlight on why sophisticated government and large enterprise customers need the Outernet for continuity of operations. It has driven customers to us.”